Poetry & Poetics of the 1990s
The National Poetry Foundation welcomes more than a hundred scholars and writers to the University of Maine for its conference on “The Poetry and Poetics of the 1990s.” Members of the public are welcome to attend.
The full program can be downloaded here: Program_Poetry-Poetics of the 1990s_2017-06-28. Biographical notes for many participants are here: 90s_Bio-notes. Abstracts are here: 90s_Abstracts_2017-06-28. Roundtable descriptions are here: 90s-Roundtables.
Program
WEDNESDAY | JUNE 28, 2017
Venue: Buchanan Alumni House6:30pm Opening reception (buffet and cash bar)
THURSDAY | JUNE 29, 2017
Venue: DP Corbett
10:00am First round of panels & roundtables
11:30pm Box lunches and open forum
12:45pm Second round of panels
2:30pm Third round of panels
Venue: IMRC Center – Stewart Commons
4:30pm Plenary poetry reading by Ron Silliman
8:00pm Featured reading by Jena Osman
8:30pm Featured reading by Rod Smith
9:00pm Featured reading by Lee Ann Brown
9:30pm Featured reading by Elizabeth Willis
10:15pm Late night readings curated by Jason Mitchell
FRIDAY | JUNE 30, 2017
Venue: DP Corbett
10:00am Fourth round of panels & roundtables
11:30pm Box lunches and open forum
12:45pm Fifth round of panels
2:30pm Sixth round of panels
Venue: IMRC Center – Stewart Commons
4:30pm Special event: Jayne Cortez, Adrienne Rich and the Feminist Superhero
Venue: Wells Conference Center
6:00pm Banquet – preregistration required
Venue: IMRC Center – Stewart Commons
8:30pm Featured reading by Prageeta Sharma
9:00pm Featured reading by Jennifer Moxley
9:30pm Featured reading by David Trinidad
10:15pm Late night readings curated by Jason Mitchell
SATURDAY | JULY 1, 2017
Venue: DP Corbett
10:00am Seventh round of panels & roundtables
11:30pm Box lunches and open forum
12:45pm Eighth round of panels & roundtables
2:30pm Ninth round of panels & roundtables
Venue: IMRC Center – Stewart Commons
4:30pm Plenary poetry reading by Myung Mi Kim
8:00pm Featured reading by Erica Hunt
8:30pm Featured reading by Benjamin Friedlander
9:00pm Featured reading by James Thomas Stevens
9:30pm Featured reading by Dodie Bellamy
10:15pm Late night readings curated by Jason Mitchell
Confirmed Panelists & Roundtable Participants
Charles Alexander, Brendan Allen, Jacquelyn Ardam, Mary Kate Azcuy, Jennifer Bartlett, John Beer, Ann Bolotin, James Brophy, Erika Jo Brown, Charmaine Cadeau, Eleanor Careless, Kristen Case, Genéve Chao, Carrie Conners, Sally Connolly, Stephen Cope, Jessica Cotton, Caroline Crew, Stephan Delbos, Joseph Donahue, Paul Eaton, Ed Foster, Maureen Gallagher, Kaplan Harris, Tessa Hathaway, Jeanne Heuving, Scarlett Higgins, Laura Hinton, Matthew Hofer, Bruce Holsapple, W. Scott Howard, Jill Hughes, Elisabeth Joyce, Megan Kaminski, Charles Kell, Rachel Kennedy, Burt Kimmelman, Kimberly Lamm, Katy Lederer, Kandace Lombart, Brandon Menke, Andrew Mulvania, David Need, Miriam Nichols, Janelle Poe, Scott Pound, Adra Raine, Saba Syed Razvi, Andrew Rippeon, Joseph Romano, Jeremy Schmidt, Susan M. Schultz, Mark Scroggins, Travis Sharp, Jonathan Skinner, Dale Smith, Laura T. Smith, Clinton Spaulding, Jessica Stark, Brian Kim Stefans, Susan Vanderborg, Ann Vickery, Laura E. Vrana, Mark Wallace, Don Wellman, Lesley Ann Wheeler, and Qinghong Xu.